• DocumentCode
    961796
  • Title

    Quality with people or people with quality?

  • Author

    Bett, Mike

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    155
  • Lastpage
    161
  • Abstract
    The author suggests that quality is not achieved by having high-calibre people, nor even high-calibre managers, but rather it is achieved by a style of management which has the aim of successfully getting everyone to strive for customer-focused excellence in everything. The author discusses the quality strategy introduced at BT during the 1980s and the effects it has had on the company
  • Keywords
    management; quality control; telecommunication; BT; customer-focused excellence; management; quality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0960-7919
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    240171